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dred feet high and not over thirty feet in 
diameter, which did not vary a foot from 
its base to its top, where it was rounded 
off like a half globe. It was green in 
color, looked exactly like a pitahaya 
cactus turned into stone, and seemed won¬ 
derfully unstable as seen from the trail 
that wound around its base on the steep 
descent. The name of the station at this 
point was Pilarcitas (Little Pillars), from 
the many curious and fantastic rock for¬ 
mations which assumed the shape of pil¬ 
lars, either singly or in groups of two, 
three, or more. The previous night had 
been very cold in the mountains, and the 
constant showers only increased the chill; 
so we found the little station houses the 
most welcome places of refuge as night 
came on. 
The last station on this trail is about 
